Ebe Alittropolts.
The revision of the list of Parliamentary voters for the city of Lon- don commenced at the Guildhall on Monday, The Tories have put is 150 claims; and 310 objections. The Liberals make no objections, and very few claims.
On the same day, Mr; Falconer revised the Finsbury list, at White Conduit House. There was no wrangling of agents on either side. The proceedings excited very little interest : the sustainment of objee• tions was left entirely to the parish-officers, and the revision was finished in one day. Last year Mr. Falconer was hampered by an inattentive colleague. This year he sits alone ; and the consequence is, despatch of business, saving of public money, and justice to all parties.
The revision of the Tower Hamlets list was commenced by me Falconer on Thursday. The Tories had served 600 objections, in- cluding 200 against the votes of Jews ; who were very angry at the withdrawal from their homes, in a week of fasting and feasting, which this is among the Israelites. The Liberals made no objections. Mr. Blunt, the Tory agent, successively withdrew his objections to voters residing in the Precinct of St. Katherine, Tower-without-the-Walls, St. John's, and All Saints. The Overseer objected to the list of twelve objections in St. Mary-le-Bow, because he had not received them till the 26th of August. Mr. Blunt said he had put them in the Post- office on the 24th, and it was not his fault that they lay at the Post- office on the 25th, which happened to be Sunday. Mr. Falconer de- cided, that there had not been due diligence in serving the notices, and disallowed the objections. In Norton Folgate, the four objections made were disallowed. In St. Ann's, Limehouse, three claims made, one allowed ; no objections. In St. Paul's Shadwell, Mr. Joseph Bar- nett was objected to, on the sole ground of being a Jew ; objection dis- allowed. In Mile-end Old Town, there were 181 objections ; of which
37 were immediately disallowed, on the ground that no Christian names were attached to their designation. The rest stood over. In St. Mary
Whitechapel, six objections against alien Jews were sustained, out of 103 ehiefIT directed against persons of the Jewish faith. The result of the day s proceedings was that about 30 objections out of 600 were allowed.
The business in this Court was nearly completed yesterday. The Tories offered numerous objections, but sustained very few.
The revision of the Southwark lists is appointed to commence on the 1st of October. The Barristers are Mr. Edward Bullock and Sir Walter Buchanan.
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